Fewtch
Özil at 10 And Emery Out
This just keeps getting worse
damning
This just keeps getting worse
damning
Hoof it up to Xhaka/Guendouzi, and let Kolasinac win the second ball.
Things have to improve.
But I'd rather give Emery a 5 year extension over us getting Mourinho.
Takes one to know oneWe did that against Barca when we beat them 2-1 , Eboue would go past the winger when it was a goal kick at times keeping the wing backs pinned back .
Youré a genius .
The subs were baffling yesterday, under pressure from Watford he takes off our three best passers on the pitch and we completely prolapse.
Özil, Guendouzi and Ceballos maybe didn’t have great games but they were giving us some control in the middle of the park. I get that the bench was probably the thinnest it’s been in a while but maybe he should have started one of the three he took off on the bench and started Nelson from the beginning.
No one was forcing him to play 4-4-2 with our only first team quality winger as a striker. Bringing on Ceballos or Özil late on could have given us much more control.
The fact that he changed 3 midfielders with another 3 (young) midfielders was truly shocking.
How he couldn't notice that AMN was being tormented on that side and do nothing is really shocking.
It reminded me of few seasons ago when Chambers was being ripped apart away at Swansea by Montero.
Two weeks off, and this is what he comes up with. Probably spent his time somewhere in San Sebastian noncing around.The bench was absolutely dire yesterday tbf, but he picks the team and if he’s going to play such limp football he’s got to be smarter.
Due to our poverty squad depth he has to realise that the kids would have to play at some point yesterday.
Only start one of Ceballos and Özil, which allows you to swap them in the game when they get gassed. Özil hasn’t played so far this year and Ceballos started for Spain in the break.
Then maybe start Torreira for Guendouzi/Xhaka so late on if you’re leading you can bring someone off the bench who’s comfortable on the ball.
The formation and line up were both so wrong yesterday it was scary.
Xhaka Guendouzi Ceballos is just a recipe for disaster in away games. The game was being played at walking pace in the 1st half because of our slow build up and movement.The bench was absolutely dire yesterday tbf, but he picks the team and if he’s going to play such limp football he’s got to be smarter.
Due to our poverty squad depth he has to realise that the kids would have to play at some point yesterday.
Only start one of Ceballos and Özil, which allows you to swap them in the game when they get gassed. Özil hasn’t played so far this year and Ceballos started for Spain in the break.
Then maybe start Torreira for Guendouzi/Xhaka so late on if you’re leading you can bring someone off the bench who’s comfortable on the ball.
The formation and line up were both so wrong yesterday it was scary.
Xhaka Guendouzi Ceballos is just a recipe for disaster in away games. The game was being played at walking pace in the 1st half because of our slow build up and movement.
Didn't we sign Saliba and Holding is on his recovery path? The questions could be made about selection, why is Chambers not playing when Sokratis didn't enter the season wellSeriously can't understand why we are stop gapping with likes of Papa and Luiz
We only had control after we scored the two goals. And even then Watford were creating chances. There was definite unease in our play right from the start. We actually should've conceded before scoring.Tbf that’s arguably our best midfield and while the first half wasn’t great we were showing some control and when you have electric players like PEA and Pepe you can get by with a slow pace.
I knew that once and Özil and Ceballos went off though we were in trouble. His game plan seemed to be start all the experienced players and hope we’d be out of sight by 60 minutes.
I take your point, but, we do need stop gaps for sure but why are we persisting with old grippers whom are renowned for going off script. We have replaced one impetuous **** up in Mustafi with another two, boggles how we churning out the same **** and expect the problem to go away.Didn't we sign Saliba and Holding is on his recovery path? The questions could be made about selection, why is Chambers not playing when Sokratis didn't enter the season well